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* ArchEnemy: Holtz gives a tongue-in-cheek suggestion that there is an eternal rivalry between tyrannosaurs and ceratopsians, noting that from ''Guanolong'' and ''Yilong'' to ''T.Rex'' and ''Triceratops'', they tended to be in the same environment.
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* ArchEnemy: Holtz gives a tongue-in-cheek suggestion that there is an eternal rivalry between tyrannosaurs and ceratopsians, noting that from ''Guanolong'' and ''Yilong'' ''Yinlong'' to ''T.Rex'' and ''Triceratops'', they tended to be in the same environment.
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* TheDayTheDinosaursDied: The final chapter is devoted to the K-PG extinction. Holtz discusses various theories about what caused it and why certain species survived while others died. He also briefly goes into the aftermath of the early Cenozoic and explains why resurrecting dinosaurs likely won't ever happen.
* DumbDinos: Holtz discusses how while some herbivores like sauropods and stegosaurs were likely not very smart, most of them were actually reasonably smart. However, he calls out the inaccuracy of the inversion -- dinosaurs were not as smart as dolphins or primates, and were likely about as smart as relatively unintelligent birds and mammals like ostriches and possums.
* DumbDinos: Holtz discusses how while some herbivores like sauropods and stegosaurs were likely not very smart, most of them were actually reasonably smart. However, he calls out the inaccuracy of the inversion -- dinosaurs were not as smart as dolphins or primates, and were likely about as smart as relatively unintelligent birds and mammals like ostriches and possums.
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* FossilRevival: Holtz regretfully deconstructs this trope, saying he'd love to see a non-avian dinosaur in real life but that DNA doesn't fossilize and a ''Film/JurassicPark''-style return of dinosaurs would not be possible.
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* GoofyFeatheredDinosaur: Largely averted. Coelurosaurs are portrayed with feathers, in accordance with scientific theories, but the raptors, primitive tyrannosauroids, and other carnivorous coelosaurs all look like terrifying killers regardless. The pot-bellied therizinosaurs, flashy oviraptorosaurs, ostrich-like ornithomimosaurs, and just plain weird alverezasaurs sometimes run into this, though.
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* LostWorld: Holtz somewhat sadly deconstructs this trope, showing how the world is well-explored and there's not very many places left for dinosaurs to be hiding.
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* SocialOrnithopod: Ornithopods get their own chapter, and Holtz discusses the evidence for them living in large social groups. He also calls out how many non-ornithopod small herbivores get lumped into the category.
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* AmazingTechnicolorWildlife: A staple of Luis V. Rey's paleoart.
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* AmazingTechnicolorWildlife: A staple of Luis V. Rey's paleoart.paleoart -- the dinosaurs tend to be very colorful. In the raptor chapter, notes that we don't have any idea what colors dinosaurs had (though [[ScienceMarchesOn more recently scientists found a way]]) and offers several hypothetical color schemes for ''Deinonychus''.
* ArchEnemy: Holtz gives a tongue-in-cheek suggestion that there is an eternal rivalry between tyrannosaurs and ceratopsians, noting that from ''Guanolong'' and ''Yilong'' to ''T.Rex'' and ''Triceratops'', they tended to be in the same environment.
* AuthorAppeal: Holtz is fairly open about Tyrannosauriodea being his favorite. Their chapter contains a lot of gushing about how cool they are, and he goes into special detail about their counterintuitive evolutionary history.
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* TheFaceless: ''Deinocheirus''.
* FeatheredFiend: Most of the more fearsome coelurosaurs would qualify. These include, of course, tyrannosaurids (though most of the pictures still depict them with tough scales).
* FeatheredFiend: Most of the more fearsome coelurosaurs would qualify. These include, of course, tyrannosaurids (though most of the pictures still depict them with tough scales).
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* TheFaceless: ''Deinocheirus''.
''Deinocheirus'' is only show with its arms and lower body, as its skull had not yet been discovered when the book was published.
* FeatheredFiend: Most of the more fearsome coelurosaurs would qualify. These include, of course, tyrannosaurids (though most of the pictures of adults still depict them with toughscales).scales).
* FromNobodyToNightmare: The narrative Holtz uses for tyrannosauroid evolution comes off as this. Holtz emphasizes how early tyrannosauroids like ''Guanolong,'' "Dilong,'' and ''Eotyrannus'' were lesser predators that lived in the shadow of carnosaurs and spinosaurs. But after carnosaurs declined, tyrannosaurs filled their niche and became some of largest and most ferocious predators to ever live.
* FeatheredFiend: Most of the more fearsome coelurosaurs would qualify. These include, of course, tyrannosaurids (though most of the pictures of adults still depict them with tough
* FromNobodyToNightmare: The narrative Holtz uses for tyrannosauroid evolution comes off as this. Holtz emphasizes how early tyrannosauroids like ''Guanolong,'' "Dilong,'' and ''Eotyrannus'' were lesser predators that lived in the shadow of carnosaurs and spinosaurs. But after carnosaurs declined, tyrannosaurs filled their niche and became some of largest and most ferocious predators to ever live.
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* MixAndMatchCritter: Therizinosaurs (and, to a lesser extent, troodontids) are {{lampshade}}d as this
* MoreTeethThanTheOsmondFamily: ''Pelecanimimus'', rebbachisaurids and hadrosaurs.
* MoreTeethThanTheOsmondFamily: ''Pelecanimimus'', rebbachisaurids and hadrosaurs.
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* MixAndMatchCritter: Therizinosaurs (and, to a lesser extent, troodontids) are {{lampshade}}d as this
this -- they have a confusing mismatch of theropod, ornithischian, and sauropod traits that made paleontologists confused about just what kind of dinosaur they are. Ultimately, they turned out to be theropods. Troodontids are this to a lesser extent -- they're clearly coelurosaurs, but they have similarities to dromaeosaurs, birds, and ornithomimosaurs that confused paleontologists about their closest relatives. Holtz notes he once thought they were closer to ornithomimosaurs, but it's now clear they're closer to dromaeosaurs.
* MoreTeethThanTheOsmondFamily: ''Pelecanimimus'', rebbachisaurids andhadrosaurs.hadrosaurs all have a lot of teeth in order to process specialized plant matter.
* MoreTeethThanTheOsmondFamily: ''Pelecanimimus'', rebbachisaurids and
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* RaptorAttack: All but averted. A number of paleo buffs don't find some of the half-scaly/half-fuzzy raptors that pleasing, and there are a few, let's just say "[[http://www.luisrey.ndtilda.co.uk/jpegs/new/Chick.jpg outlandish]]" reconstructions the illustrator is so well known for... That said, the majority of the underfeathered restorations are the artist's [[ScienceMarchesOn older works]], though strangely not updated as some of his other old paintings have been.
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* RaptorAttack: All but averted. A number of paleo buffs don't find some of the half-scaly/half-fuzzy raptors that pleasing, and there are a few, let's just say "[[http://www.luisrey.ndtilda.co.uk/jpegs/new/Chick.jpg outlandish]]" "outlandish" reconstructions the illustrator is so well known for... That said, the majority of the underfeathered restorations are the artist's [[ScienceMarchesOn older works]], though strangely not updated as some of his other old paintings have been.been.
* SavageSpinosaurs: Spinosauroidea gets its own chapter, and Holtz emphasizes them as ferocious predators that dominated both land and water. The writing and art were scientifically accurate at the time, but they were portrayed as bipeds when they're now thought to be quadrupeds.
* SavageSpinosaurs: Spinosauroidea gets its own chapter, and Holtz emphasizes them as ferocious predators that dominated both land and water. The writing and art were scientifically accurate at the time, but they were portrayed as bipeds when they're now thought to be quadrupeds.
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* TerrifyingTyrannosaur: Holtz is a leading expert on ''Tyrannosaurus Rex'', and he goes into detail about just why ''T.Rex'' and its family were able to be such dominant predators, noting their unique bone-crushing teeth and surprisingly fast walking speed. He emphasizes that they were very successful small predators and were able to outcompete the already-terrifying carnosaurs to become the deadliest predators of the Northern Hempishere. Even adolescent tyrannosaurs were a menace to smaller prey.
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A 2007 encyclopedia on dinosaurs created by the combined might of paleontologist [[http://www.geol.umd.edu/~tholtz/ Dr. Thomas R. Holtz, Jr.]] and famed[[note]]though some would say ''in''famed[[/note]] paleoartist [[http://www.luisrey.ndtilda.co.uk/ Luis Rey]]. Unlike your average dino-book, this one doesn't merely cover the most [[StockDinosaurs well known genera]] and calls it a day -- the author instead divided it into 42 chapters, each revolving around a major theme, like geology, fossilization, the Mesozoic periods, but the bulk of the written material is dedicated to thoroughly detailing each of the branches on the dinosaur family tree. [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin True to the title]], this means birds get a chapter of their own, while [[UsefulNotes/PrehistoricLifeNonDinosaurianReptiles pterosaurs and marine reptiles]] ''don't''.
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A 2007 encyclopedia on dinosaurs created by the combined might of paleontologist [[http://www.geol.umd.edu/~tholtz/ Dr. Thomas R. Holtz, Jr.]] and famed[[note]]though some would say ''in''famed[[/note]] paleoartist [[http://www.luisrey.ndtilda.co.uk/ Luis Rey]]. Unlike your average dino-book, this one doesn't merely cover the most [[StockDinosaurs well known genera]] well-known genera and calls it a day -- the author instead divided it into 42 chapters, each revolving around a major theme, like geology, fossilization, the Mesozoic periods, but the bulk of the written material is dedicated to thoroughly detailing each of the branches on the dinosaur family tree. [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin True to the title]], this means birds get a chapter of their own, while [[UsefulNotes/PrehistoricLifeNonDinosaurianReptiles pterosaurs and marine reptiles]] ''don't''.
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* SeldomSeenSpecies: There are illustrations of taxa that have barely ever been illustrated before, such as ''Zupaysaurus'', ''Lurdusaurus'', ''Saturnalia'', and ''Zalmoxes''. Not to mention the appendix that includes a list of ''every'' diagnostic Mesozoic dinosauromorph (''including'' birds) that had been described at the time the book was written.
